title: Examining adverse events after intensive care unit discharge: outcomes from a pilot questionnaire.
abstract: Adverse events are common in acute clinical settings but little is known about these events occurring after Intensive Care discharge. This study aimed to develop a reliable and valid tool for exploring clinicians' opinions of factors associated with post-Intensive Care adverse events. A convenience sample of Australian Intensive Care Liaison Nurses was invited to complete and appraise a questionnaire using structured guidelines. Content validity and internal consistency were assessed. Twelve Intensive Care Liaison Nurses completed the questionnaire. Cronbach?s alpha coefficient showed high internal consistency for the questionnaire; all 24 items on the questionnaire had coefficients greater than 0.852. The content validity index of the questionnaire overall was 0.76. The post-Intensive Care adverse events questionnaire demonstrated reliability and validity. It is a tool that can be used to explore clinicians? opinions of factors associated with these events. The tool is important as it facilitates further insight into the causes of post-Intensive Care adverse events.
authors.affiliation: St Vincent's Centre for Nursing Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Faculty of Health Science, Holmesglen Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Worrall-Carter
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rolley
mesh_terms: D007362:Intensive Care Units; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Intensive Care; adverse events; patient safety